pantherfan
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Post by pantherfan on Jan 16, 2007 11:59:42 GMT -5
What did you guys think of him? I remember I use to cheer every time his music hit. He was one of my faves for a little while.
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Ace Diamond
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Post by Ace Diamond on Jan 16, 2007 12:00:05 GMT -5
*points to avatar*
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Post by heffer111 on Jan 16, 2007 12:01:13 GMT -5
i was the original blackman mark!, but that avatar is sweet
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salTy
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Post by salTy on Jan 16, 2007 12:01:55 GMT -5
I didn't mind Steve Blackman one bit. He was a legit accomplished martial artist who played a.........legit accomplished martial artist.
I marked, especially during his Hardcore run.
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Post by "St. Louis Viper" Buck Summers on Jan 16, 2007 12:02:10 GMT -5
Dude, Blackman did a Leap of Faith? That's... awesome.
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Bub (BLM)
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Post by Bub (BLM) on Jan 16, 2007 12:02:34 GMT -5
Blackman was a FAR better worker than the WWF ever gave him credit for. He could have had some great matches with RVD and X-Pac.
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Post by Avalanche Alvarez on Jan 16, 2007 12:03:22 GMT -5
He was okay. But you just knew he wasn't walking away with any serious gold. I could see him back in the Double E nowadays...but they'd have him jobbing to Cena or Jeff Hardy so...
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Post by odanobunaga on Jan 16, 2007 12:04:22 GMT -5
What happened to him?
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Ace Diamond
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Post by Ace Diamond on Jan 16, 2007 12:04:30 GMT -5
Dude, Blackman did a Leap of Faith? That's... awesome. Yep, Summerslam 2000 in the match for the Hardcore Title against Shane McMahon. Shane tried to escape him by climbing the scaffolding around the Titantron, so Steve climbed up after him, knocked him off with the kendo stick, then did the Leap of Faith for the pin.
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Post by seanwalsh on Jan 16, 2007 12:05:01 GMT -5
He opened some training school with Shamrock a few years back. That's the last I ever heard of him.
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Post by "St. Louis Viper" Buck Summers on Jan 16, 2007 12:07:14 GMT -5
Dude, Blackman did a Leap of Faith? That's... awesome. Yep, Summerslam 2000 in the match for the Hardcore Title against Shane McMahon. Shane tried to escape him by climbing the scaffolding around the Titantron, so Steve climbed up after him, knocked him off with the kendo stick, then did the Leap of Faith for the pin. Ah, I never saw SS00, hence my not knowing it happened, but I do recall seeing RAW recap Blackman hitting him with the stick off the tron.
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Post by Baixo Astral on Jan 16, 2007 12:07:33 GMT -5
I always thought Blackman was exceptional, but never got the props he deserved, as he wasn't charismatic... but he WAS a really credible one-man wrecking crew, and should have had this role in a stable. I actually always thought he'd make a great Horseman, in the role of a silent guy who doesn't join in with the partyin' but just gets the job done.
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Post by texaswhopper on Jan 16, 2007 12:12:54 GMT -5
The end came when he was with Grand Master Sexay and the Grand Master started to call him Boogie Woogie Blackman. "Hes a white man that dances like a black man!" They got rid of Sexay later and Blackman soon followed.
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BHB
Hank Scorpio
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Post by BHB on Jan 16, 2007 12:14:25 GMT -5
Yea, Blackman had anti-charisma. He was a decent straight man in head cheese. I could never see him rising past his mid card role though.
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Johnny Danger (Godz)
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Post by Johnny Danger (Godz) on Jan 16, 2007 12:15:53 GMT -5
I hated him at first as the bland face, but loved him in Head Cheese and as the hardcore champ when he'd just slap people around with those trash can lids. I'd like to see him again.
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Post by "St. Louis Viper" Buck Summers on Jan 16, 2007 12:17:11 GMT -5
I hated him at first as the bland face, but loved him in Head Cheese and as the hardcore champ when he'd just slap people around with those trash can lids. I'd like to see him again. Hardcore Holly was trashcan lids. Blackman had the dual sticks.
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Ace Diamond
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Post by Ace Diamond on Jan 16, 2007 12:20:04 GMT -5
One really awesome thing about the Hardcore DVD the WWE put out in 2001 (besides no blurring) is that there are 6 matches on it that Steve Blackman was either in or ran-in on. And most of them just have him dismantling anybody that gets in his path in some of the most awesome and/or bad-ass ways possible, regardless of alignment
Example: Steve Blackman (c) vs. Big Bossman for the Hardcore title. The fight goes backstage and Bossman chucks Blackman onto the craft services table. But before he can capitalize, Dean Malenko (who was feuding with Bossman at the time) shows up and attacks him with a trash can, and then Crash Holly (also feuding with Bossman) comes in to help Dean as well and throws coffee in Bossman's eyes. Blackman gets up, Superkicks Bossman, and pins him. And then while Crash and Dean are celebrating a successful interference, Blackman hits both of them over the head with a trashcan lid and says "TAKE CARE OF YOUR OWN BUSINESS ON YOUR OWN TIME! THIS IS MY HOUSE AND THIS IS MY TIME!"
Steve Blackman: Clearly the Hardcore Division's Chris Benoit. Not a lot of Charisma but he'll waxing kill you.
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Johnny Danger (Godz)
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Post by Johnny Danger (Godz) on Jan 16, 2007 12:21:11 GMT -5
I hated him at first as the bland face, but loved him in Head Cheese and as the hardcore champ when he'd just slap people around with those trash can lids. I'd like to see him again. Hardcore Holly was trashcan lids. Blackman had the dual sticks. I know Blackman had the sticks, too, but didn't he used to batter people with twin trash can lids?
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Ace Diamond
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Post by Ace Diamond on Jan 16, 2007 12:21:37 GMT -5
Hardcore Holly was trashcan lids. Blackman had the dual sticks. I know Blackman had the sticks, too, but didn't he used to batter people with twin trash can lids? Actually Blackman used a myriad of weapons, but he's best known for the Kendo Stick and the dual eskrima sticks. Though he did do some creative things with the trashcan lids as well.
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Post by "St. Louis Viper" Buck Summers on Jan 16, 2007 12:21:58 GMT -5
One really awesome thing about the Hardcore DVD the WWE put out in 2001 (besides no blurring) is that there are 6 matches on it that Steve Blackman was either in or ran-in on. And most of them just have him dismantling anybody that gets in his path in some of the most awesome and/or bad-ass ways possible, regardless of alignment Example: Steve Blackman (c) vs. Big Bossman for the Hardcore title. The fight goes backstage and Bossman chucks Blackman onto the craft services table. But before he can capitalize, Dean Malenko (who was feuding with Bossman at the time) shows up and attacks him with a trash can, and then Crash Holly (also feuding with Bossman) comes in to help Dean as well and throws coffee in Bossman's eyes. Blackman gets up, Superkicks Bossman, and pins him. And then while Crash and Dean are celebrating a successful interference, Blackman hits both of them over the head with a trashcan lid and says "TAKE CARE OF YOUR OWN BUSINESS ON YOUR OWN TIME! THIS IS MY HOUSE AND THIS IS MY TIME!" Steve Blackman: Clearly the Hardcore Division's Chris Benoit. Not a lot of Charisma but he'll waxing kill you. Now I wanna see Blackman come back and just make a Hardcore division solely for him to wail on people with weapons.
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